Roof-carline.



- PATENTED JULY 81, 1906.

G. B. MAL'TBY-. ROOF GARLI E. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1905. RENEWEDJUNE 29, 1996.

1 to the side plates and. the connectronof the' opposite sides of thecar so as to dispense.

- To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES min m omen enonen B. MALTBY,OF' CLEVELAND, OHIO,. ASSIGNORTo CLEVELAND CAR SPECIALTY ooMPANnor cLEvEL Nn, OHIO, vA CORPORATION OFWEST VIRGINIA.

Be it known that L-GEoReE B. MALTBY, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga 1 and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Roof-Oarlines, of which improvement the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to sheet or plate metal roof-carlines of thegeneral type which is exthe car.

empliiied in Letters Patent of the United States No; 649,171, grantedand issued tome and to Broderick Haskell (as assignee of twothirds ofthe right) under date of May 8, 1900.

The object-10f my present invention is to provide a roof-carlineembodying the ad vantageous features of that set forth in Let-' tersPatent N 0. 649,171 aforesaid and which shall further afford improvedfacilities for being supported on the car side plates and for acting. asa tiebetween the opposite sldes of The improvement claimed ishereinafter fully set forth. v e

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel 1s a side view in elevation,showing slightly more than one-half in length of a roof-earlipeembodying my inventionyFig. 2, a lan or top view; Fig. 3, an'end view,and ig. 4 a transverse section 'on the line a a of Fig.

In the practice of my invention I provlde a roof-carline which is formedof sheet or plate metal, preferablyby being pressed or shaped in a dieor mold. The bodyof the carhne l8 inte ral and comprises a web 1 ofinverted-U or c annel transverse section and lateral flanges 1projecting from the bottoms of the opposite side members of the web.

The web 1 is downwardly'inclined from its middle to'each of its ends atsuch an angle as maybe adapted'to impart the desired pitch to the roof,and the ends of the carline extend completely overand are supported onthe side plates of the car frame. (Indlcated m dotted lines in Figs. 1and 3.) In order to pro-. vide for the secure attachment of the carlinewith the usual tie-rods, a transverse recess or pocketfi ofchannel-section is formed'in the l Specification of Letters Patent.

7 ROQF-CARLINE.

bottomof the body at each end thereof; the

Patented July 31,1906. l Applfcationilednugust 2,1905. RenewedJunc29,1906. sralraazeoas. I

outer wall o'fsaidpocket being formed by a downwardly-turned flange 1The pockets 6 fit over the side plates, as indicated in Fi "s; land 3,and the carline is secured thereto by vertical bolts passing throughholes 8 in the top walls of the pockets. The carline ma alsojbeconnected to the side plates by horl- 4 'zontal bolts, if desired.

To provide suitable bearings for the rid 'epole and purlins of the roof,the metal of t e web 1 is turned downwardlyat the middle of the carlineand at proper distances between the middle and the ends, so as to formseats 6 of channel-section, in which the ridge-pole and purlins arefitted and to which they are secured bybolts passing through holes 8 inthe seats. I

- The. practical advantages of strength, lightness, and facility ofapplication in ordi-- nary car-framin which are presented-by myimprovement wi 1 be obvious to those familiar I with railroad-carconstruction, and. it will also be apparent that it ma be-employ'ed'inconnection with a car-r00 of any desired ty e. I e

I claim asmy invention and desire to se-" cure by Letters Patent- 1. Asheet or plate metal 'roof-carline hav ing an integral body comprising aweb of in'-'-" verted-U orchannel section, lateral flanges projectingfrom theside members thereof, and channel-section pockets .formed at theframe side plates and havin walls-compris-i ing portions of the sidememuers and lateral flanges of the bod 2. A- sheet or p ate metalroof-carline have ends of the body for the receptionof car- V ing'anintegral body comprising a web of inverted-U or channel section, lateralflanges projecting from the side members thereof, channel-sectionpockets formed at the ends of the body for the reception of. car-frameside plates, and havin upper vand inner walls comprising portions 0 'theside members and 1 5 lateral flanges of the body-and ddw nwai'dl :turnedend Ranges form1ng;:-,}the outer wal of said pockets. e 3. A sheet orplate metal roof-carljne havg l I 827,317

an integral l ifody comprising a Web of in frenle side plates, and havinWiLllS oompris verted-U or channel eection, lateral flanges ing portionsof the side mem ers and lateral projecting from the side membersthereof, flanges of the body.

recessed or channehsection seats formed in GEORGE B. MALTBY.-- 5 the topof the body, and channel-section Witnesses: pockets formed in, thebottomof the body, at J. SNOWDEN BELL,

, the ends thereof, for the reception of car- CLARENCE A. WILLIAMS.

